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<h3>Compact Polarimetry Data Simulation Operator</h3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
operator simulates compact pol data from quad pol data. Primarily, this
will be applied to RADARSAT-2 Quad Pol products, but it also enable
simulating compact pol from quad pol from other missions including
ALOS, ALOS-2 and TerraSAR-X. The compact pol data of the following
compact modes are simulated:<br>
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    <li>Right Circular Hybrid Mode<br>
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    <li>Left Circular Hybrid Mode</li>
</ul><h4>Input and Output</h4>
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    <li>The
        input to this operator should be a full polarimetric SAR product with 8
        bands,
        i.e. I and Q bands for HH, VV, HV and VH polarizations.
    </li>
    <li>The output of this operator can be the 2x1 complex scattering vector or the 2x2 complex covariance matrix.</li>
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<h4>Parameters Used</h4>&nbsp;&nbsp; The following processing parameters are needed (see Figure 1):<br>
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    <li>Compact Mode: the compact mode of the simulated data<br>
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    <li>Output Format: the format of the simulated data (scattering vector or covariance matrix)<br>
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    Compact Polarimetry Data Simulation operator<br></div>
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<p> Reference:&nbsp;</p>

<p>[1] S. R. Cloude, D. G. Goodenough and H. Chen, "Compact Decomposition Theory", IEEE
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 9, No. 1, Jan. 2012.<br>
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<p>[2] T. L. Ainsworth, M. Peiss, N. Stacy, M. Nord, J. S. Lee,
    "ANALYSIS OF COMPACT POLARIMETRIC SAR IMAGING MODES", Proceedings of
    the 3rd International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR
    Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry, by Lacoste, H.; Ouwehand,
    L. ISBN:92-9291-208-7 . Noordwijk, Netherlands: European Space Agency,
    2007, id.18<br>
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